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To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
Examples
- The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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French:
vulgariser
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Hungarian:
lebutít
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Italian:
semplificare
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Italian:
banalizzare
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Polish:
upraszczać
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Polish:
uprościć
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Russian:
разжёвывать
(razžóvyvatʹ)
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Russian:
разжева́ть
(razževátʹ)
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Spanish:
simplificar
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Spanish:
poner en términos simples
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Spanish:
hablar en cristiano
— to convey some subject matter in simple terms
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Polish:
upraszczać przesadnie
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Polish:
uprościć przesadnie
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Portuguese:
emburrecer
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Russian:
отупеть
(otupetʹ)
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Spanish:
atontarse
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Spanish:
entontecer
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
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Spanish:
entontecerse
— to become unacceptably simplicistic
